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42 The branching Vine the jolly Bacchus loves; The Cyprian Queen delights in Myrtle Groves. With Hazle, Phillis crowns her flowing Hair, And while she loves that common Wreath to wear; Nor Bays, nor Myrtle Bows, with Hazle shall compare. The towring Ash is fairest in the Woods; In Gardens Pines, and Poplars by the Floods: But if my Lycidas will ease my Pains, And often visit our forsaken Plains; To him the tow'ring Ash shall yield in Woods; In Gardens Pines, and Poplars by the Floods. The Rhymes I did to Memory commend, When Vanquish'd Thyrsis did in vain contend; Since when, 'tis Corydon among the Swains, Young Corydon without a Rival Reigns.